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MAHALAYA PAKSHA 2026
15 Moon Phase Powertime to Honor Your Ancestors & Strengthen Your Lineage
Seek Relief from Ancestral Afflictions, Sins & Karma and Invoke Blessings for Prosperity, Protection, Harmony & Future Generations
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When Your Ancestors Receive Peace, Their Blessings Can Support Your Family
Mahalaya is the sacred 15-day period traditionally dedicated to remembering, nourishing, and uplifting departed ancestors through Tarpanam [Ancestral Offerings], prayers, Homas, and acts of charity.
Vedic tradition teaches that ancestral obligations and unresolved ancestral karma can influence both the departed and the living family. Mahalaya provides a powerful opportunity to offer gratitude, seek ancestral peace, and pray for greater harmony and progress within the lineage.
Blessings You Can Seek During Mahalaya
Ancestral Peace & Upliftment
Offer nourishment, gratitude, and prayers for departed ancestors to progress toward higher spiritual realms.
Relief From Ancestral Karma
Seek relief from Pitru Dosha [Ancestral Afflictions], unresolved ancestral obligations, and karmic patterns traditionally associated with repeated difficulties.
Prosperity & Progress
Pray for greater financial stability, career progress, successful undertakings, and the removal of persistent delays.
Family Harmony & Progeny
Invoke blessings for relationships, family unity, marriage, children, and the continuation and well-being of the lineage.
Protection & Well-Being
Seek ancestral grace for peace, stability, resilience, and protection for your family.
Blessings for Future Generations
Honor those who came before you while seeking a stronger, more harmonious path for those who come after you.
Significance of Performing Ancestral Rituals on 15 Moon Phases of Mahalaya
Each of the 15 Waning Moon Phases (Krishna Paksha) during Mahalaya Paksha is traditionally associated with release and purification. As per Dharma Shastra and Garuda Purana, offering Tarpanam on each day can invoke distinct blessings, amplifying the ancestral connection and the quality of life for you and your descendants.
| Moon Phase | Benefits You Can Seek | Ancestral Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Moon | Wealth & financial stability | Ancestors who departed with unfulfilled wishes |
| 2nd Moon | Progeny & stronger lineage | Ancestors connected with physical or emotional suffering |
| 3rd Moon | Wish fulfillment | Those who experienced suffering before departure |
| 4th Moon | Intellect, clarity & overcoming obstacles | Prayers connected with separation and family bonds |
| 5th Moon | Good fortune & positive outcomes | Karmic concerns associated with animals and birds |
| 6th Moon | Recognition & reputation | Departed teachers, Gurus and guides |
| 7th Moon | Affluence, status & leadership | Departed friends who offered selfless support |
| 8th Moon | Prosperity & karmic relief | Ancestors carrying difficult karmic burdens |
| 9th Moon | Relationship & family harmony | Those connected with unnatural departures and departed married women |
| 10th Moon | Success & desire fulfillment | Those who departed in infancy or at a young age |
| 11th Moon | Intelligence & wisdom | Gratitude to ancestors who nourished the lineage |
| 12th Moon | Material growth, health & continued progress | Ancestral concerns connected with inheritance and grief |
| 13th Moon | Longevity, peace & authority | Those connected with terminal illness and ancestral afflictions |
| 14th Moon | Happiness, peace & renewed well-being | Difficult departures, war-related deaths and prayers for beloved animals and birds |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya (New Moon Day During Mahalaya) | Blessings from the entire ancestral line. If you miss any of the above days, New Moon Tarpanam can be observed to honor all ancestors | All known and unknown departed souls |
Choose Your Level of Mahalaya Participation
Choose how deeply you wish to honor your ancestors, from essential Mahalaya Tarpanam to complete 15-Moon participation, personalized Homas, charity, and ancestral rites at revered Salvation Powerspots.
Complete & Personalized Participation (Individual Packages)
Kasi-Rameshwaram Ancestral Salvation Journey
Carry Your Ancestral Prayers to India’s Revered Salvation Powerspots
- Tarpanam across all 15 Moon phases in Kerala
- Group Thila Homa on Maha Bharani & Madhyashtami
- Individual Pitru Suktam Chanting + Trikanda Homa
- 5-Priest Pitru Pooja
- Cow Pooja & Cow Feeding
- Clothing Donation (1 Person)
Varanasi Powerspot Rituals
- Pancha Ghat Ganga Snanam
- Pinda Dhanam at Pancha Ghat
- Vipra Preeti Bhojanam
Rameshwaram Powerspot Rituals
- Agni Theertham Snanam
- Sethu Kshetra Pinda Dhanam
Mahalaya New Moon Homa
- 2-Priest Individual Shraddha Thilaka Ukta Thila Homa
Sarva Pitru Liberation & Protection Package
All 15 Moon Phases + Personalized Ancestral Homas + Protection Worship
- Mahalaya Tarpanam on 15 Moon Phases
- Pitru Suktam Japam & Individual Trikanda Homa
- Individual Karuppasamy Homa
- 5-Priest Pitru Pooja
- Thila Homa on Maha Bharani & Madhyashtami Days
- Cow Pooja & Cow Feeding
- Food Feeding (3 Persons)
- Clothes Donation to (1 Person)
Complete 15-Moon Blessings Package
Honor Your Ancestors Through Every Moon Phase of Mahalaya
- Mahalaya Tarpanam on 15 Moon Phases
- 5-Priest Pitru Pooja
- Cow Pooja & Cow Feeding
- Food Feeding for 3 Persons
- Clothes Donation (1 Person)
- *Optional Personalized Ancestral Karmic Support available
Essential & Expanded Participation (Group Packages)
Lineage Harmony & Protection Package
Six-Moon Worship + Pitru Pooja + Cow Worship
- Mahalaya Tarpanam on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 12th, & New Moon in Kerala Powerspot
- 3-Priest Pitru Pooja During Mahalaya (Once)
- Cow Pooja & Cow Feeding
- Food Feeding (3 Persons)
- Clothes Donation (1 Person)
- *Optional Personalized Ancestral Karmic Support available
Six-Moon Ancestral Blessings Package
Extend Your Prayers Across Six Important Mahalaya Phases
- Mahalaya Tarpanam on 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 12th, & New Moon in Kerala Powerspot
- Food Feeding (3 Persons)
- Clothes Donation (1 Person)
- *Optional Personalized Ancestral Karmic Support available
Sacred Remembrance Package
Essential Mahalaya Participation
- Mahalaya Tarpanam on 1st and New Moon Day in Kerala
- Food Feeding (3 Persons)
- *Optional Personalized Ancestral Karmic Support available
2 Critical Ancestral Pacification Homas
On Maha Bharani & Madhyashtami
- Thila Homa on Maha Bharani
- Thila Homa on Madhyashtami
*Optional Personalized Ancestral Karmic Support: Add-On Service
Additional Recommended Services
Individual Thila Homa at Salvation Vortex
Performing Individual Thila Homa at Salvation Vortex, a major Powerspot for ancestral Poojas, on your behalf to your ancestors can liberate their souls and, in turn, bring their blessings for you to progress in life without any health, financial and relationship problems. Thila Homa is a recommended remedy by experienced Vedic astrologers as it can clear the path towards salvation for your ancestral souls who may have experienced untimely and unnatural death.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
*We can accommodate 3 Homas Per Day For 14 Days
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Individual Karuppasamy Homa
This sacred Homa invokes the blessings of Karuppasamy, who is a powerful combination of four archetypes, namely, Kala Bhairava, Narasimha, Veerabhadra, and Rudra. The blessings of Karuppasamy can bring Divine justice and quickly drive away dark forces, falsehood, and treachery. Karuppasamy can resolve those problems that most often plague human beings in their desire and need for financial stability and success, relationships, children, employment, career, resolution of disputes, and anything else relating to the myriad conditions affecting human life.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Individual Trikanda Homa With Pitru Suktam Japam by Nambudri Priest at Kerala Powerspot
Book your Individual Pitru Suktam Japam and Trikanda Homa to help appease your ancestors and invoke their blessings. Performing this Homa can help you receive ancestral grace for mitigating the impact of bad karma from your ancestors, clearing Pitru Dosha (Ancestral Affliction), bestowing family welfare, wealth and affluence, dispelling obstacles to progress, negating hardship and misery, and promoting family welfare.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Individual Maha Tarpanam on Mahalaya New Moon in Kerala
Book your Individual Maha Tarpanam on Mahalaya New Moon Day to liberate your ancestors and help them ascend to higher planes. Performing this Tarpanam (Ancestral Ritual) can help you receive the miracle blessings of your ancestors, relieve hardship in your life, bestow prosperity, wealth, and riches, and rejuvenate health.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Individual Maha Tarpanam on Mahalaya First & Last Day in Kerala
Book your Individual Maha Tarpanam on First and Last Day of Mahalaya to liberate your ancestors and help them ascend to higher planes. Performing this Tarpanam (Ancestral Rituals) can help you receive the miracle blessings of your ancestors, relieve hardship in your life, bestow prosperity, wealth, and riches, and rejuvenate health.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
3-Priest Pitru Pooja (Ancestral Pooja) During Mahalaya (Once)
Book your 3-Priest Pitru Pooja (Ancestral Pooja) During Mahalaya, which is performed for the ancestors and involves Tarpanam (Ancestral Ritual) and Pinda Dhanam (Rituals with Sesame Seed Offerings) to three preceding generations of Pitru (Ancestors). It can grant Mukti (Salvation) to the departed ancestral souls. This Pooja is also performed for family members who have died prematurely. Ancestral names are collected for this ritual and chanted during the Pooja to appease their souls.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Brahmana Bhojanam (Food Feeding of Vedic Priests) with Dakshina (Donation) & Vastra (Clothes) Donation for 5 Persons at Rameswaram (During Mahalaya Period)
According to the Srimad Bhagavatam, Brahmana Bhojanam is done to satisfy the desires of the departed souls of (virtuous karma) and helps liberate from negative karma of the past and present life. Brahmana Bhojanam rituals help benefit ancestors of 14 generations. Dakshina is an offering made to a Brahman or a Guru after a ritual, as thanksgiving for imparting knowledge. Vastra Dhaan (Donation) is performed to Vedic Priests to receive their blessings and satisfy the souls of deceased ancestors residing in Pitru Loka (Ancestral Realm) to cleanse sins of forefathers, pacify ancestral spirits, help gain ancestral blessings, alleviate negative energies in life and grants relief from bad karma of past and present life.
We will not be shipping any Prasad as it is considered inauspicious to possess the Prasad after Mahalaya rituals.
Packages ordered on or during the date of Special Ancestral Days will have Tarpanam services performed during next date of occurrence.
Cow Feeding
Participate in AstroVed’s Cow Feeding Program to attain the Divine blessings of all Gods and Goddesses, who are said to reside in the cow. Cow Feeding Program mitigates negative consequences of ancestral sins and bad karma, and confers happiness, peace of mind, and prosperity.
Cow Donation
Participate in AstroVed’s Cow Donation Program during Mahalaya Paksha, to invoke the blessings of the sacred cow, who can help guide the soul across the treacherous River Vaitharini and helps bestow liberation, mitigates malefic planetary afflictions, overpowers enemy actions and threats, dispels obstacles to career advancement, and grants progress in business ventures.
Pitru Suktam Chanting + Individual Trikanda Homa
For devotees who want to go beyond the core package ceremonies, this personalized add-on combines Pitru Suktam ancestral pacification chanting with an Individual Trikanda Homa, performed by Vedic Priests in Kerala on your behalf.
It is intended to provide deeper, individual ancestral pacification while seeking relief from Pitru Dosha [Ancestral Afflictions], unsettled ancestral energies, inherited karmic burdens, and obstacles affecting peace, family welfare, prosperity, and progress.
Already included in: Sarva Pitru Liberation & Protection Package and Kasi-Rameshwaram Ancestral Salvation Journey
AstroVed’s Powerful Proxy Mahalaya Rituals
AstroVed has structured a complete ancestral journey so devotees can participate at the level that feels right for their family while the rituals are performed on their behalf by Vedic Priests.
Honor Every Moon Phase: Mahalaya Tarpanam
Traditional ancestral offerings are performed in alignment with the 15 Mahalaya Moon phases to seek peace for the departed and blessings for their descendants.
Address Deeper Ancestral Karma: Thila Homa & Trikanda Homa
Black sesame offerings, Pitru Suktam chanting, and Homa are traditionally used to seek relief from ancestral afflictions [Pitru Dosha], unsettled ancestral energies, and long-standing karmic burdens.
Fulfill Your Ancestral Duty: Pitru Pooja
Vedic Priests offer prayers to honor the departed, seek their peace, and help the family fulfill its ancestral obligation [Pitru Rina].
Multiply Merit Through Giving: Food Feeding, Clothing Donation & Cow Worship
Acts of charity accompany the ancestral ceremonies to seek spiritual merit [Punya], prosperity, family welfare, and blessings for the lineage.
Seek Protection for the Living Family: Karuppasamy Homa
Traditional guardian-deity worship is included in the highest main package to seek protection, justice, strength, and relief during difficult circumstances.
Take Your Prayers to Salvation Powerspots: Varanasi & Rameshwaram
Varanasi [Kasi]: Traditionally revered for ancestral rites, purification, Pinda Dhanam (Rituals with Sesame Seed Offerings), spiritual merit, and prayers for the peaceful progression of departed souls.
Rameshwaram: Associated with Sri Rama’s acts of purification and ancestral worship, and traditionally revered for sacred-water rites, atonement, ancestral peace, and release from unresolved obligations.
Let Gratitude Become a Blessing for Generations
From Sep. 27 to Oct. 10, allow AstroVed’s Vedic Priests to carry your ancestral prayers through Tarpanam, Homas, Pitru Poojas, charity, and Powerspot ceremonies on your behalf. Honor your ancestors with gratitude while seeking peace for them and prosperity, protection, harmony, and progress for generations to come.
Honor your ancestors and seek peace for the past, strength for the present, and blessings for the future.
FAQs
Mahalaya Paksha, also known as Pitru Paksha or the Fortnight of Ancestors, is a sacred 15-day period dedicated to honoring and appeasing departed ancestors through practices such as Tarpanam and Shraddha rituals. These offerings are traditionally performed to nourish and uplift ancestral souls, address ancestral debts and karmic burdens, and seek their blessings for the family and future generations.
Mahalaya Paksha 2026 is observed from Sep. 27 to Oct. 10, 2026.
Mahalaya Paksha 2026 begins on Sept. 27, 2026, and ends on Oct. 10, 2026.
Yes. Mahalaya Paksha is also known as Pitru Paksha, or the Fortnight of Ancestors. It is a sacred 15-day period dedicated to honoring ancestors through Tarpanam, Shraddha, and other ancestral rituals.
Mahalaya Paksha is considered a sacred period for honoring ancestors, satisfying ancestral souls, resolving ancestral debts, and helping departed souls progress toward higher spiritual realms. Ancestral rituals during this period are also performed to seek relief from ancestral afflictions and karmic burdens and invoke blessings for prosperity, health, progeny, family harmony, protection, and progress.
Mahalaya Amavasya is the New Moon Day during Mahalaya. It is associated with seeking blessings from the entire ancestral line and honoring all known and unknown departed souls.
Tarpanam is an ancestral offering performed to honor and appease departed ancestors. During Mahalaya Paksha, Tarpanam is traditionally performed to nourish ancestral souls, help them attain peace and progress toward higher spiritual realms, address ancestral karma, and seek their blessings for descendants.
Yes. Tarpanam can be performed on Mahalaya Amavasya. The New Moon is especially significant for honoring all known and unknown departed souls. It also provides an opportunity to honor all ancestors if any of the preceding Mahalaya days were missed.
Each of the 15 Moon phases of Mahalaya Paksha has a distinct ancestral focus. Traditionally, ancestral rites are performed during this period in alignment with the appropriate Moon phase or Tithi. If the appropriate day is missed, the New Moon day provides an opportunity to honor all ancestors.
If the specific Moon Phase or Tithi is not known, Sarva Pitru Amavasya, the New Moon day of Mahalaya Paksha, can be observed to honor every known and unknown departed soul.
The rituals can be conducted by qualified or experienced Vedic priests on behalf of devotees and their ancestors. Ancestral names may be provided and chanted during Pitru Pooja to honor and appease the departed souls.
Sarva Pitru Amavasya is the New Moon Day during Mahalaya. It provides an opportunity to honor the entire ancestral line, including all known and unknown departed souls. New Moon Tarpanam can also be observed to honor all ancestors if other Mahalaya days have been missed.
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